Drever ready for Aintree assignment

Howard Johnson has issued an ultra-positive update on Ladbrokes World Hurdle winner Inglis Drever ahead of his return at Aintree on Thursday.

The Andrea and Graham Wylie-owned eight-year-old is set to renew rivalry with Cheltenham faller Black Jack Ketchum in the John Smith’s Liverpool Hurdle, the curtain-raiser to the three-day meeting.